Man accused of punching officer, fighting paramedics

Bruce Alan Wilson Sr. arrested

UPDATED 3:54 PM EDT Aug 02, 2013

OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. -

A 38-year-old Upstate man was arrested early Friday, and now also faces charges in connection to an assault on an officer.

Oconee County deputies were called to Rooster Drive in Walhalla about a domestic dispute. A woman told deputies that Bruce Alan Wilson Sr., 38, had come home drunk, pushed her around, and locked all the doors so she could not get her young daughter out of the house.

Deputies said when they tried to help the woman get her child out of the house, Wilson yelled at deputies and grabbed one of them saying he did not want them in the house. The deputies said they explained they were just trying to help the child leave with her mother, and that they were not leaving until the situation was resolved.

Deputies said after the child came out of the house and was put in her mother's car, Wilson became loud and began swearing at deputies. They told him to calm down and go back in the house, but they said he lunged at a deputy.

Deputies said Wilson continued to use profanity, and when a deputy told him he was under arrest for breach of peace, Wilson ran toward the door of the house. The report said a deputy grabbed Wilson, who then struck the deputy in the right side of his face with a closed fist.

It took two deputies to get Wilson under control and into handcuffs, according to the report. Deputies said after he was cuffed, Wilson complained of back pain, so paramedics were called to take Wilson to Oconee Medical Center.

Deputies said paramedics called while they were transporting Wilson, and they had to pull into a parking lot to wait for assistance because Wilson had become so combative. A deputy rode with Wilson to the medical center, where he was treated and released.

Wilson is being held in the Oconee County Detention Center on charges of breach of peace and assault on a police officer.

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